178, Lot: 249. Estimate $75. Sold for $132. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius II. As Caesar, AD 324-337. Æ Follis (20mm, 3.63 g). Nicomedia mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 324-325. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / Camp gate; SMNB•. RIC VII -; LRBC -. Good VF, about 70% silvered.

RIC doesn’t record this issue with the pellet in the mint mark. It’s possible that the mint mark reads SMHB• in which case this would be Heraclea, RIC 84, but the cross-bar has a clear downwards tilt, looking much more like an N than an H